ANDY MANGAN has vowed to score the goals to fire Wrexham back into the Football League as the race for promotion hots up.

The striker will face the Dragons’ promotion rivals Crawley Town tomorrow fresh from scoring the only goal in last Saturday’s win over Barrow, and boosted by his first international game four days later.

Mangan fired home the decisive penalty on 83 minutes in Cumbria to make it seven straight victories for Dean Saunders’ side, then made his first appearance for England C in Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Belgium in their International Challenge Trophy semi-final.

The 24-year-old’s goal against Barrow was only his sixth of his season – although he points out he has scored six in 13 games since he broke his duck for the campaign in the 2-1 defeat to AFC Wimbledon back in October.

Mangan pledged to keep up that strike rate for the rest of the season – and with fellow forwards Andy Morrell and Mathias Pogba regularly chipping in with goals, plus

midfield ace Jay Harris, the striker said things were looking up for the Dragons.

“I’ve scored six in 13 games, and if I can go forward like that for the rest of the season I’ll end up with 15 or 16, which is what I’d like to get,” he said.

“All of three of us up front are doing well because apart from scoring goals we’re working hard, defending from the front.

“As a team, as a unit the belief is massive – the midfielders are scoring, the defenders are scoring.

“It doesn’t matter who gets the goals as long as we get the three points.”

Tomorrow’s game at Broadfield Stadium is the first part of a Blue Square Bet Premier double header over the next five days, with Crawley visiting the Racecourse on Tuesday.

The West Sussex side are third, one place and two points ahead of Wrexham, but with three games in hand over the Dragons.

However, Mangan warned against overplaying the significance of the two games, saying: “We’ll approach it like we do every game. You can’t come out of it with any more points.

“We’re looking forward to playing Crawley and trying to get the three points like we do with every game.”

He was confident, though, of Wrexham’s chances, adding: “We’ve got nothing to fear. We’ve got a very good team with a lot of experience – you’ve only got to look at our bench to see what a good squad we’ve got.

“The gaffer’s making some really good decisions and things are going in the right direction.”

Meanwhile, Mangan is hoping to be involved in the International Challenge Trophy final after helping England C beat Belgium in Wednesday’s clash at Luton Town’s Kenilworth Road.

The striker came on with 16 minutes to go to make his debut for the non-league representative team, and was only denied a goalscoring debut by a last-ditch block.

“It was a really proud moment after all that’s happened,” said Mangan, who was banned from football for five months and fined £2,000 by the FA following a betting scandal. “I was really proud to be called up and it was a great experience.

“I did well when I came on and it would be great to be involved in the final.”